---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates March as \"Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month.\""
description: "Designates March as \"Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "SJR 73"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 73 (219)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["DISEASE", "MEMORIALIZAT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy, Carol A.", "Timberlake, Britnee N.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce3f44d8-f2ab-4dbb-b029-e8079edc29fa"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c959683c289653b044f2da30885ff45f2fbc4c142abfb8345c3875e313176eed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey SJR 73 (219) — Designates March as "Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month."

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/SJR/73_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (34-0) `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR22
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (70-0-0) `passage`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, JR-2. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce3f44d8-f2ab-4dbb-b029-e8079edc29fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).